Device for plucking fowls.



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DEVICE FOR PLUCKIHG FOWLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Application filed September 11,1915. Serial No. 50,100.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Emvano FA-iv'r, a

subject of the King of; Great Britain and a resident f the town of Okanagan Lanaing,'in the Province of British Columbia, (-anada, have invented certam newand useful Improvements in Devices for Pluckin'g Fowls, of which the following is a 'speciw cation.

My invention relates to improvements in suitable material, adapted to inclose the devices for plucking fowl's, andthe object .of-my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive mechanical means for plC'kll'lg' the feathers from fowls, preparatory to.

dressing same for the table or market, in a.

ra )id'and 'eflicient manner and which, be-

Si( es being of great convenience, enables a, great deal of time and labor to be saved by attain this object by the'construc'tion illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- I Figure 1 is a front viewof my device.

Fig.2 is a plan-view of Fig- 1, the hood being shown partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side .view of thedevice, en-

,larged, the near side of the hood being removed.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

1 and 2 indicate a pair of rollers, disposed one above the other and rotatably mounted in the side brackets 3, and 4.

Secured to the respective rollers at oneend and meshing with each other are gears 5 and 6, while the shaft'l of the lower roller isextended and provided with a motor, ulley 8, the end of the shaft being square as at 16in Figs. 1 and 2. and ada tedto re- :eive a 'han arate the machine by hand.

- Extendingacross the front of the rollers s a comb 9 provided with a plurality of eeth 10, which teeth are substantially'trimgular in cross section, and disposed so hat the apex of each tooth lies adjacent the qeripheries of the rollers 1 and 2, as shown 4 n Fig. 2. The comb is secured by any suitble means to the brackets 3 and 4, and is rranged so that the back is justclear of the erip ery of roller 2, the points of the teeth eing rounded outwardly so as to provide a assage 11 between the upper ed e of the )mb and the periphery of the ro ler 1 adlcent thereto. The outer face of the comb formed concave, as shown in Fig. 2,'so

1e, should it be desired to opthat the body of the fowl may be heldmore firmly and steadily thereagainst during the picking operation.

12 and 13 indicate knives, suitably supported from a. convenient art of the device so that they will norma ly bear slightly on the rollers l and 2 respectively and scrape off any dust or feathers, thus keeping the 1 rollers clean.

14 indicatesa hood of sheet metal, or other knives 12'and 13 and the inner. portions of the rollers 1 and 2, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3, the mouth of the hood being directed downwardly and opening into a suitable receptacle 15, provided for collecting the feathers as the machine.

The device ma be operatedby hand, by means of a suita le handle mounted on the they are drawn through.

" squaredportion 16, but it is preferably driven by a small electric motor,'. belt-connected to the machine, and themanner in which "itoperates is as follows :--The machine is started, and the body of the fowl is held a iinst the concave face ofthe comb 9, when t e rapidly revolving rollers 1 and 2 pluck thefea'thers through the passage 11 and between the teeth of the comb. Most of the smaller feathers pass through. the comb, but the larger feathers are directed into the -mouth of passage 11 so as to be drawn in between the rollers. 1

It will be seen that, while the spaces through which the feathers pass are very narrow, the surface of the comb against -which the body of the fowl bears is very b'road,and thus the danger of'tearing the skin is ellectually prevented. It is well known that thereis little danger of damaging the. skin by the plucking out of'one feather, but that the damage occurs when a bunch of feathers are torn out, and this is prevented by the use of my comb9, as the spaces between the teeth of same are such that only one or two feathers can be'drawn .therethrough at thesame time.

What I claim as my invention is: 1. In a device for plucking fowls, the

roller closely spaced together and means for revolvin same, ;of a member substantially comb li e information set vertically in front of the-lower roller, the points of the teeth of said comb. extending above and in frontof the lower-periphery of the upper combination with an upper and a lower roller set outwardly a short distance therefrom and forming an unrestricted passage between the upper edge of said comb and said upper roller.

2. In a device for plucking fowls, thecombination with an upper and a lower roller closely spaced together and means for revolving same, of a comb like member hav ing its teeth substantially triangular in cross section set vertically in ,front of the lower roller with the front surfaces of the teeth facin outwardly, the pointsof the teeth extending above the lower periphery of the upper roller and spaced therefrom so as to provide'la passage between the upper edge of the comb andsaid roller.

3. In a device forplucking fowls, the combination with an upper and a lower roller closely spaced together and means for revolving same, of a comb like member having its teeth substantially triangular in cross section set veftically in front of the lower roller the apex of each tooth facing inwardly and having its outer face substantially concave in formation, the backs of 2:

said teeth toward the point, being rounded outwardly and extended above the lower peri-pher of the upper roller and spaced outward y therefrom so that aipassageway isformed therebetween.

4. For use ina device of the class described, a, comb like member adapted to be supported vertically in front of a pair of superposed rollers said member having its teeth substantially triangular in cross section, the apex of each'tooth facing inwardly, and havin its outwardly facing surface substantial y concave in formation, the backs of said teeth toward the points being rounded outwardly whereby a passageway is formed between the upper edge of the comb and the uppermost roller.

Dated at Vancouver, B. C., this 14th day of August, 1915.

' EDWARD FAINT.v Witnesses: I

JAMES TAInoR, Isonm. D. ORR. 

